Emerald has long been a popular precious gemstone, lending its name to the bright shade of green called emerald.

Emerald is a stone that is well used for intuitive awareness, meditation, and spirituality. As a stone that can increase spiritual awareness, it can help realize Divine love. For meditation, it is excellent to use rhythmic breathing. Emerald is also used to remove barriers to spiritual growth and thus raise consciousness.Emeralds can increase psychic and intuitive awareness, particularly in the area of clairvoyance. It is said to "grant all knowledge of past, present, and future"